DAR2617

Dominion Atlantic Railway Steam Locomotive No. 2617

• Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-2
• Built by: CPR Angus Shops
• Date: 04/1912
• Builder No.: 2617
• Cylinders: 22-1/2" x 28" (1941 MP14), 20" x 28" (1944 MP14)
• Steam Pressure: 200 PSI (1941 MP14), 250 PSI (1944 MP14)
• Superheater: No (1941 MP14), Type A (1944 MP14)
• Feedwater Heater: Elesco
• Booster: No
• Fuel: Coal
• Stoker: No
• Valve Gear: Walschaert
• Drivers: 70"
• Tractive Effort: 34400 lbs
• Weight (locomotive): 226000 (1938 MP14), 237000 (1944 MP14)
• Wheelbase length, (engine and tender): 64' 6-3/4"
• Overall pilot to tender coupler length: 76' 2-1/2"

• CPR Class: G2u(x) 1927 MP14, G2u 1938 MP14
• Name Origin:

Built as CPR No. 2617, it arrived on the DAR by photographic evidence in 1954. It was listed but not as DAR in the 1952 MP14 and not listed at all in the 1955 MP14. It is unknown when it was scrapped but it probably returned to the Angus Shops as mysteriously as it arrived after derailing on the Kingsport line at an Aldershot switch most likely somewhere between the end of August and the start of fall in 1956. The MP14s indicate that between 1941 and 1944, a new boiler, superheater and cylinders were installed and operating pressure raised from 200 to 250 PSI (more info needed).

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Gallery

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  No. 2617 at the Digby Wharf in a picture from a 1954 Trains magazine article.

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  Yarmouth Wharf with Train No. 98 led by No. 2617 at Yarmouth July 3, 1954.

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  No. 2617 leading Train No. 98 waiting to depart on the Boston wharf in Yarmouth on July 3, 1954.

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  No. 2617 leading Train No. 98 departing Boston wharf at Yarmouth on July 3, 1954

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  Train No. 98 arrives at Digby Station in Digby behind No. 2617 on July 3, 1954.

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  Locomotives No. 1111 and No. 2617 break train apart in preparation for backing onto Digby Wharf at Digby July 3, 1954.

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  No. 1111, waits while No. 2617 drops express car off on track no. 5 in front of Digby Station July 3, 1954, Digby.

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  No. 2617 departing with Train No. 98 on July 3, 1954. No. 1111 will handle way freight east. Digby Water Tower in background of Digby Railyard.

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  No. 1111 backing onto Digby Wharf at Digby on July 3, 1954.

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  Loading passengers from SS Princess Helene for Train No. 98 on Digby Wharf on July 3, 1954.

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  At Digby July 3, 1954.

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  Train No. 98 with Engine No. 2617 over the bridge at The Joggins on July 3, 1954.

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  Train No. 98 led by No. 2617 on the Bear River Bridge on July 3, 1954.

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  Crossing the Bear River Bridge on July 3, 1954.

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  Crossing the Bear River Bridge on July 3, 1954.

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  Train No. 98 led by No. 2617 on the Bear River Bridge approaching Bear River station on July 3, 1954.

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  Train No. 98 behind No. 2617 in the Kentville Railyard prior to arriving at Kentville Station in Kentville. Note coaling tower behind the locomotive.

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  No. 2665 proceeds at Annapolis Royal while No. 2617 patiently waits its turn on August 10, 1956.

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  No. 2617 at Kentville Station August 10, 1956.

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Known Photographs of this Locomotive

• Cover photo, at Kentville station on August 14, 1956 Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 1)
• Cover photo, at Yarmouth wharf on August 20, 1954 Gary W. Ness, Canadian Pacific's Dominion Atlantic Railway (Volume 2)
• P. 94 & 95, at Aldershot in 1956 Gary W. Ness, The Dominion Atlantic Railway: 1894-1994

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References and Footnotes

• Jim O'Donnell, Dominion Atlantic Locomotive Roster
• C.P.R., M.P. 14 Motive Power Rosters
• C.P.R., MP330 Classifications and Dimensions of Locomotives

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